Door fastener



Aug. 19, 1924.

. 1,505,229 R. A. STONE ET Al.

DOOR FASTENER Filed -June 19 1923 Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

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DOOR FASTENER.

application mea June 19, 192s. seriai No. 646,316.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT A. STONE and ROBERT H. BASHAM, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprove* ments in Door Fasteners, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention, it is our purpose to provide a highly improved form of door fastener, particularly adapted for application to garage doors and the like, wherein lthese doors may be either locked or unlocked from either within or without the building.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of such a fastener that is comparatively simple of construction, and

one that may be manufactured, marketed and installed at relatively small cost, and one that may be manipulated in a simple manner, the said'fastener 'comprising relatively few parts, and these so correlated as to reduce the liability of disarrangement to a minimum.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the inner side of a building, the door thereof being shown as locked through the medium of our improved fastener.V

Figure 2 is a section through the building showing our improved fastener in top plan.

Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal cross section taken substantially upon the line a-s of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective of the sliding bolt keeper.

Figure 5 is a similar view of the hasp member, forming an essential part of our improved fastener, and

Figure 6 is also a similar view of the sliding bolt carrying element comprising our invention. y

With reference to the drawings, and particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, 5 indicates a swinging door of a garage, barn or the' like, and 6, one side of the door frame. Our improved fastener includes a bolt keeper 7, flanged at its opposite sides as at 8, and provided with openings for the reception of screws orr the like, whereby the said keeper may be rigidly secured to the frame 6 at the edge thereof. Secured to the inner side of the swinging door 5, and in longitudinal alinement with the keeper 7 is an elongated rectangular plate 9, that is formed upon its inner side with a longitudinally extending sliding bolt carrier 10. Slidable within said carrier A10 is a bolt 11, which is preferably square-shaped in cross section. The inner end of this bolt is formed with an extension 12, surrounding which and within the said bolt carrier 10 is a coiled spring 13, which functions as a means for normally project ing the bolt 11 outwardly Iof the carrier. In

`longitudinal alinement with said carrier 10, u and formed adjacent `the edge of said plate 9 is a bolt guide 14. One edge of the keeper 7 is bevelledy at 7 whilethe outer end of the bolt 11 is bevelled in a reverse direction at 11', whereby when the door 5 is closed, the bolt 11 will be forced rearwardly to the carrier 10, and then be extended forwardly into the keeper 7 under the action of the springl. f

The plate 9 kis formed between the bolt carrier 10 and guide 14; with a slotv 15, that is coextensive with a similar slot 5 in the door 5 and projecting through these slots is a bolt operating knob 16, formed upon the inner side of the bolt 11. The opposite side of the bolt 11 is also formed with an operating knob 17, it 'being of course understood that through the provision of the pair of knobs 16 and 17 the bolt 11 may be actuated from either within or without the building.

The keeper 7 is formed with an extension 18,.to which is hingedly secured the bifurcated end 19 of a swinging hasp 18', this hasp being bifurcated for allowing the same to swing over the bolt carrier 10, and guide 14 of the plate 9, and to be positioned in a manner shown in Figures 1, 2 and. This yhasp 18 is formed upon itsinner side and adjacent its free end with an inwardly eX- tending plate 19, which engages through coextensive openings 2O and 21 in the plate 9 and door 5, respectively'. The inner end of this plate 19 is formed with an opening 22, and is adapted 'for the reception of the usual shackle of a padlock, when it is adapted to lock the door from the outside. The hasp 18 is provided with a knob 23 for obvious purposes.

The inner end of the bolt carrier 10 is formed with an eye 2l, and whenever it is desired to securely lock the door from the inside of the building, the said shackle of the padlock is engaged therethrough, which will obviously, prevent the swinging of the hasp i8 and a consequent unlocking` of the door from the outside.`

In view of the. above desciption, it will at once be apparent that we have provided a highly novel form of fastener for garage doors and the like, whereby these doors may be effectively locked from either the inside or the outside ofthe building, which will thereby overcome a long felt want, and even though we have herein set forth the most preferred embodiment of the invention, with which we are at present familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new` and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

, l. In a fastener for doors including a sliding bolt mounted upon the door adjacent one edge of the door frame, a bolt tures.

keeper upon the door frame, means for actuating the bolt from either within or withoutvthe building, a swinging hasp secured to said keeper and adapted for positioning over said bolt, and means for permitting ofl the securing of the hasp in a position over said bolt from either Within or without the said building.

2. In a fastener for doors, a sliding bolt secured to one edge of the door,'a keeper upon the edge of the door frame adapted for receiving the end of said bolt, means for operating the bolt from either within or without the building, a hasp swingingly secured to the keeper and adapted for positioning over said bolt, an'outwardly directed plate carried by the hasp, and adapted for engagement through an opening in the door, said plate being formed with an opening' for the reception of a shackle of a padlock whereby said hasp is prevented from an inward swinging movement, and means upon the inside of the door for receiving the shackleV of a padlock for also preventing thefinward swinging movement of said plate. y

ln testimony whereof we afliX our signanonnnr A. sfroNE. ROBERT H. BASHAM. 

